Improved case or box for holding oil



section of my invention.

UNITED STATES Fries.

PATENT IMPROVED CASE OR BOX FOR HOLDING OIL, 80C.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,071, dated June 30,1863.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL SELDEN, of Erie, in the county of Erie andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Oil-Package; andI do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1represents a transverse vertical Fig. 2 is a longitudinal verticalsection of the same. Fig. 0

is an inside view of one of the heads.

Similar letters of reference in the three views indicate correspondingparts.

This invention consists in an oil-package, consisting of two boxes, onefitting closely into the other, the inner box to be made of four sidesrabbeted together and provided with heads, one at each end, which arerabbeted to the sides, and the outer box consist ing of four sides only,which are dovetailed or otherwise secured together and strengthened bytransverse strips in such a manner that oil or other liquid filled inthe inner box can be safely keptand forwarded to any distance withoutdanger of leakage.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to de thicker stuff than the sides, and they are rabbeted to theends of the boards a by means of grooves c in the heads, as clearlyshown in Fig. 8 of the drawings, and tongues (Z projecting from the endsof the side boards, as shown in Fig. 2. One of the heads is providedwith a bung-hole, e, to introduce the oil or draw out the contents ofthe box.

The box A is surrounded by the casing B, whichis made of four sides, f,without heads. The sides fare screwed and dovetailed to gether, and theyare strengthened by strips 1 of hard wood. These strips are dovetailedinto the inner surface of the boards 1, to prevent them for warping orcracking when thrown about or exposed to the weather. Then the casing Bis properly secured around the box A, it forms a proportion of the same,leaving at the same time the heads 1) free, so that free access can behad to the bungrhole, andthrough it to the interior of the box.

A box of this description can be made cheap and with little less oftime, and when properly constructed and protected by the casing B, it iscapable to hold petroleum or other liquid without leakage, and it canstand considerable throwing about without being injured or becomingleaky. Furthermore, a package of this description will admit of beingpacked much closer and with a great deal less trouble than the ordinaryoil-barrel, and a much larger quantity can be thus crowded into a givenspace than with barrels of the ordinary c011- struction.

To make the package still more secure against leakage, all the joints ofthe inner box might'be covered over with a narrow strip of cloth orpaper dipped in glue, and perhaps the whole inner box might beadvantageously enveloped in a covering of this character.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An oil-package consisting of a box, A, made of four boards, a, rabbetedtogether, and to heads I), and of a casing, 13, surrounding the box A,in the manner and for the purpose substantially as shown and described.

SAMUEL SELDEN. Vitn esses:

7 \VM. MARsH,

JOHN G. SELDEN.

